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DISINFECTION.
The total number of disinfections of rooms during the year by the
Council's disinfecting staff was 7,461. Of this number 1,925 rooms were
disinfected after the occurrence of the ordinary notifiable infectious
diseases, as against 1,536 rooms in 1917. 4,954 periodical sprayings of
rooms occupied by Phthisical patients wore also carried out during the
year.
582 verminous rooms were sulphured and otherwise cleansed by
the Council's staff during the year, as against 729 in 1917.
Among the total number of disinfections (7,461) it was found
necessary to strip 773 rooms. Of these 561 were in relation to the
notifiable diseases, 209 after the termination of cases of Phthisis, and
3 were verminous.
TABLE 36.
The Locality of Rooms Disinfected.
After the occurrence of Infectious Disease.
St. Mary's
Ward.
St. Paul's
Ward.
St. Peter's
Ward.
St. John's
Ward.
Trinity
Ward.
All Saints
Ward.
St.
Michael's
Ward.
St. Jude's
Ward.
St.
George's
Ward
Christchurch
Ward.
St.
Saviour's
Ward.
Total
Number of
Rooms Disinfected
208
142
189
292
144
206
217
166
180
53
128
1925
TABLE 37.
The Locality of the Rooms Stripped after the occurrence of
Infectious Disease,
St.Mary's
Ward.
St. Paul's
Ward.
St.Peter's
Ward
St John's
Ward.
Trinty
Ward.
All Saints
Ward.
St.
Michael's
Ward.
St. Jade's
Ward.
St.
George's
ard.
ChristChurch
Ward.
St.
Saviour's
Ward.
Total.
Number of
Rooms
Stripped
66
40
58
91
38
85
58
42
60
10
13
561